Bangladesh’s final wicket pair of Mehidy Hasan Miraj and Mustafizur Rahaman pulled off an absolute heist with an exhilarating 51-run stand as India choked throughout remaining half an hour to lose a low-scoring opening ODI by one wicket in Mirpur on Sunday. While India produced yet one more poor batting present which noticed them get all-out for 186 in 41.2 overs, the bowlers did a splendid job to scale back Bangladesh to 136 for 9 within the fortieth over.
However KL Rahul, who was entrusted with conserving duties to suit him and one other veteran Shikhar Dhawan in the identical XI, dropped an aerial sitter when Bangladesh nonetheless wanted 32 runs.
Washington Sundar additionally did not go for a straightforward catch at third man incomes the wrath of skipper Rohit Sharma as Miraj (38 not out off 39 balls) together with Mustafizur (10 not out) obtained the workforce previous the ending line in precisely 46 overs.
The 51-run stand between Miraj and Mustafizur was Bangladesh’s highest tenth wicket partnership and the fourth-highest tenth wicket partnership in a profitable ODI chase.
On a monitor that assisted each seamers and spinners, Indian top-order barring KL Rahul (73 off 70 balls) flopped badly to be bowled out for a rating beneath 200.
But the whole that regarded eminently gettable on the break changed into a sizeable one resulting from lion-hearted efforts from Mohammed Siraj (3/32), Shardul Thakur (1/21) and Washington Sundar (2/17).
Debutant Kuldeep Sen‘s (2/37) tempo was used to hit him for 3 sixes — two of them through the slog overs whereas Deepak Chahar (1/32) regardless of offering a first-ball breakthrough regarded pedestrian in direction of the tip when there was no nip within the air.
In the tip, Miraj ensured that hosts did not undergo a setback in a recreation which ought to have been received with their bowling effort alone.
Earlier, Rahul struck 73 off 70 balls on a day when the others struggled to get going and when the aspect was filled with all-rounders. Rahul hit 5 fours and 4 sixes.
India’s innings lasted 41.2 overs with left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan (5/36) doing many of the injury.
Opting to area, Mustafizur Rahman began the proceedings with a maiden, earlier than India skipper Rohit Sharma opened the guests’ boundary depend by smashing Hasan Mahmud by the hole between level and canopy.
Shikhar Dhawan went down the bottom and obtained his first boundary by sending the ball over cowl.
Bangladesh skipper Litton Das effected an early bowling change, bringing in off-spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz into the assault within the fourth over, and he began on a tidy notice earlier than castling Dhawan for seven.
The opener went for the reverse sweep however the ball bounced a bit greater than common, touched his wrist earlier than happening to hit the stumps.
Rohit struck the primary six of the sequence when he pulled Mahmud over deep sq. leg after the medium pacer drifted the ball on his pads.
The India skipper once more discovered the deep sq. leg area however this time for a boundary as he employed the sweep shot towards Miraz.
Rohit then selected the off-side, chopping Mahmud alongside the bottom for a boundary after being given loads of width.
It was then the flip of Virat Kohli to choose the deep sq. leg area as the previous captain swept Miraz for a 4.
Litton made one other bowling change, summoning the seasoned Shakib, and once more he was immediately rewarded due to an excellent supply by the star all-rounder.
Having obtained a begin, Rohit (27 off 31 balls) went for the flip however the ball did not, and as an alternative, went previous the within edge earlier than disturbing the center and leg stumps.
There was extra pleasure in retailer for the hosts as, two balls later, the left-arm spinner despatched again Kohli (9) after Litton pulled off an unbelievable catch at cowl after diving full size to his proper, leaving Kohli surprised and the gang on the Shere Bangla National Stadium elated.
At 49 for 3 within the eleventh over, India wanted a partnership. KL Rahul joined Shreyas Iyer (24) within the center however the latter was dismissed by Ebadot Hossain (4/47), who was rewarded for bowling to a plan that works greatest towards Iyer — short-pitched stuffs.
With the small 43-run stand coming to an finish, Washington Sundar (19) walked in and regarded to assist Rahul in constructing a partnership. However, the duo might add not more than 60 runs as, shortly after Rahul reached his half-century, Washington picked a fielder whereas attempting to play the reverse sweep towards Shakib.
In the subsequent over, Ebadot despatched again Shahbaz Ahmed and Shakib then dismissed Shardul Thakur and Deepak Chahar to go away India tottering at 156 for eight.
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